Change is as sure as death. No one can ever stop it from happening nor can one ever evade its fatal clutches. What one can do is to prolong its unravelling or to simply accept it as it comes.
This is the realization I had about the K to 12 Enhanced Basic Education Curriculum. And though it is quite gross an idea, embracing it instead of refusing and rejecting it seems to be a more practical way to go. For the moment one decides to accept their reality, one has already made the first step towards succeeding in breaking away from the fear it brings – the fear of something new. However, as starts to swallow the truth, one will no longer avoid it but rather begin to face it head on. Optimism therefore is vital.
As teachers, we can no longer do something about it since RA 10533 is already in the pages of history, already a law of the land. On the other hand, being optimistic about this huge leap in our pedagogical realm changes everything. We can set out to become a 21st century teacher by simply allowing ourselves to shift in paradigms. We start by unlearning obsolete practices and begin learning and relearning new breakthroughs in education such new grading systems, teaching approaches, and data management to name a few. But as simple as it may sound, it is truly complicated indeed considering generation gaps, time constraints, and facilities and infrastructure concerns.
Nevertheless, despite all these challenges, if one only focuses on the sole valid reason why there are teachers, it is no longer a controversy on not taking risks to change the educational system as a whole but rather, giving everything we can to help build a better world one learner at a time!
By: JOVANNI B. BELMONTE | T-II | Mariveles National High School – Malaya FAB, Mariveles, Bataan
